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| - Overall an excellent library, but not without its problems. Three major ones to be exact.
Problem 1: the wireless internet is notoriously unreliable. The farther up the floors you go, the worse it gets--as if some wifi blackhole is keeping it all around the first floor information desk.
I will often need to set up a Hotspot because I simply cannot load basic email. My 1996 AOL connection could do better.
Problem 2: many, and I stress the word many, of the outlets on the study tables on the 2nd-5th floor don't work. If you're planning to study here, get ready to play outlet roulette. You won't be the only one. You'll see other players walking around, laptops in hand, trying their luck. The only place it seems to functions is in those awkard exhibit pods they use to display sad students.
Problem 3: probably not a major problem but the sheer amount of homeless, loud, or obnoxious people can be startling. Despite what the signs would have you believe, there's no such thing as a quiet area. It just wouldn't be a day at Toronto Reference without hearing someone yelling across the building or two friends striking up a conversation amidst dulled readers.
Other than that though, it can be quiet pleasant and has tons and tons of material on any conceivable subject.
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